Okay so i posted a few days ago about how this was my first time building a pc, i was told i did a great job in putting together the system for my first time and it was about as good as i was going to get for what i wanted with my budget, which is £750 can be pushed to £770 if need be... The system is going to be used for FFXIV primarily and then onto Crysis 2, DiRT3 etc... I am using a 1680 x 1050 monitor and would like mid level graphics to run smoothly... I dont want absolute max everything just so long as it looks nice and runs smooth. This is what i have had planned for a while now...
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
This totals £750 and will give me room to slightly overclock the CPU and allow to to go crossfire in the future with a second 5770, however, for £2 less(This is irrelivent im just pointing out the near exact same price) i have just found i can build the following system...
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55-M SI: MICRO ATX VALUE MAINBOARD,USB 2.0 & SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Now i have done enuogh to research to know that this 1Gig 460GTX will easily beat the 5770 in the original system, however i will be using stock cooling which wont allow an overclock, this isnt a problem because from what i read the i5-760 is a bit better than the 965BE anyway, and the differences will be minimal to me anyway. My main concern is wether the second system is such a solid build compared to the first one and wether you think it would be better to go for the 5770 crossfire in the future compared to the single 460GTX(which i wouldnt be able to Sli on the mb)
If it would be fair to say that i will be able to get mid level graphics smoothly out of FFXIV on a single 5770 then i think the first option is best, but please guys any help appreciated
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)
Processor (CPU)
AMD PHENOM II X4 965 (3.40GHz/8MB CACHE/AM3) - BLACK EDITION
Motherboard
ASUS® M4A79XTD EVO: DUAL DDR3, S-ATA II, 2 x PCIe x16, 2 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5770 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply & Case Cooling
CORSAIR 650W PSU (TX650) 80+ ULTRA QUIET (£76)
Processor Cooling
SUPER QUIET 22dBA TRIPLE COPPER HEATPIPE CPU COOLER (£19)
This totals £750 and will give me room to slightly overclock the CPU and allow to to go crossfire in the future with a second 5770, however, for £2 less(This is irrelivent im just pointing out the near exact same price) i have just found i can build the following system...
Case
PCS MAELSTROM T900 BLACK GAMING CASE (£59)
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i5-760 Quad Core (2.80GHz, 8MB Cache)
Motherboard
ASUS® P7H55-M SI: MICRO ATX VALUE MAINBOARD,USB 2.0 & SATA 3.0Gb/s
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG DDR3 DUAL-DDR3 1333MHz (2 X 2GB)
Graphics Card
1GB NVIDIA GEFORCE GTX460 GDDR5 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11
Memory - 1st Hard Disk
1TB SERIAL ATA 3-Gb/s HARD DRIVE WITH 16MB CACHE (7,200rpm)
1st DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
24x DUAL LAYER DVD WRITER ±R/±RW/RAM
Power Supply & Case Cooling
450W Quiet 80 PLUS Dual Rail PSU + 120mm Case Fan (£29)
Processor Cooling
INTEL SOCKET LGA1156 STANDARD CPU COOLER
Now i have done enuogh to research to know that this 1Gig 460GTX will easily beat the 5770 in the original system, however i will be using stock cooling which wont allow an overclock, this isnt a problem because from what i read the i5-760 is a bit better than the 965BE anyway, and the differences will be minimal to me anyway. My main concern is wether the second system is such a solid build compared to the first one and wether you think it would be better to go for the 5770 crossfire in the future compared to the single 460GTX(which i wouldnt be able to Sli on the mb)
If it would be fair to say that i will be able to get mid level graphics smoothly out of FFXIV on a single 5770 then i think the first option is best, but please guys any help appreciated